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Comic Presentation Y The Last Man2002 Graphic Novel series written by Brian VaughanThe Invisibles1996 Graphic Novel Epic drawn by Steve YeowellTony and Me - James Parsons - 2002 Steve Bell: Political Artist 1981 to PresentAny Questions?Are these what you think of?3 of the most iconic Comic book heroes:Action Comics - Superman (1938) DC - Batman (1939)Marvel - Spiderman (1962)Anonymous "There has never been a generation for whom comics as a tool or an effective weapon are more eminently suited, nor a time of social crisis better able to lend comics a true sense of urgency and purpose"Guy Fawkes Night 5th November 1605Double MeaningWhat about its meaning?Politics: Power and The People Lets Look Back Comics have been around a lot longer than the modern ink and paper The First Modern Comic1066The 230 foot long Bayeux Tapestry Egyptian Zig Zag ReadingConsidered one of the first incarnation of Comic BooksV for Vendetta - Alan Moore - 1982Back to the Icons Superman Superman VS Nick'O'teenSpiderman and friends "Never Say Yes to a Cigarette" Anti-Smoking Advert1980-1981Health Education Council1980-1981Tribute to 9/11Cover Artist: Alex RossValues Writers

Animation: The Live Action Comics Tribute to 9/11Give People HopeEducationDave Gibbons - The First Comic Book LaureateHowever, it is not the first modern formatFocuses on a different view to the word "Pictorial" The glyphs represents only sounds. "Their real descendent is the written word and not comics" Read going up left to right... the same as Mexico will eventually 2700 years after "An apparently simple word, it covers a multitude of stories in all manner of styles and genres, forms and formats"Certain books have been produced for Entertainment value only "They are Very Accessible...Children naturally gravitate to their particular mix of brief words and exciting interesting pictures”“In many other countries, comics and graphic novels have been used extensively in literacy drives...In France comics are called the ninth art, they stand alongside music and literature”“The sheer accessibility of the medium, the way in which complex information can be easily absorbed through its combination of words and pictures”.Details the Norman Conquest of EnglandReading left to rightSee the events unfold in deliberate chronological order "there are no panel borders per se, but there are clear divisions of scene by subject matter" Lets Go Back...Way Back! How does it link? One story is inspired by Morrison's own ethics towards fox hunting"show a darkly satirical variation on fox hunting, in which an English nobleman kidnaps homeless people to hunt down and kill for sport" Paul Gravett, Comics Unmasked, p.542005 the ban on fox hunting was enforcedHowever still remains controversial among hunting supporters"The cartoon is a vacuum into which our identity and awareness are pulled. An empty shell that we inhabit which enables us to travel in another realm" Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, Pg.36The same can be said about ComicsDoesn't rely heavily on the visualsPlenty of cartoons lack a strong narrative structureHere's an example:Brad Birds 'Family Dog' (1993)Writer and Director of The Iron Giant (1999) and The Incredibles (2004) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Dog_(TV_series) "crude scripts and cheap production values, both of drastically lesser quality than the episode which had spawned the series".The Message behind the ImageSource: http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjE2NDc4MzY1NV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNDcxNjgxMQ@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg Source: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/008/8/c/the_incredibles___poster_by_anoanoanoano-d4lrhs9.jpg Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/FamilyDog.jpg "Comics communicate in a 'language' that relies on a visual experience common to both creator and audience. Modern readers can be expected to have an easy understanding of the image-word mix and the traditional deciphering of text. Comics can be called 'reading' in a wider sense than that term is commonly applied" First Lets define Comics themselves "refers to the medium itself, not a specific object as "comic book" or "comic strip" do". Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, Pg.4 Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, Pg.9- Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics, Pg.4 "Underlying the story is a consistent analysis of the impact of men on women's lives, be it through patriarchal power structures or the dominant cultural meme that encourages women to look to men to lead and save them.""key statistics are summarised which bring home the prevalence of men in key positions in important industries:85% of all government representatives, 495 of the Fortune 500 CEOs and Almost 100% of the leaders of certain religions are (were) men." Every mammal with a Y chromosome in the world diesMaura McHugh, Y the Last Man, The F Worddetails a radical turn of events where a patriarchal society is turned on its headThe message of the story is more important than the art itselfBut still retain the gripping storyline within its pages. The best selling series to date have crude and rough drawing styleAnimation is sequential in Time"Space does for Comics what Time does for Film".Before It's projected,film is just a very slow comic.Scenes in a comic occupy a different space on the page.Frame-by-frame, projected in the same spaceScott McCloud, Understanding Comics, Pg.7Alison Flood, Comics Laureate to be superhero of literacy, The Guardian, 2014Comics are a powerful tool of communication Used for the Directives and Accessibility to meet political ends Political comics can be radicalising people to improve Society and Support movements for equal rights. Alan Moore, Comics Unmasked, Pg.110"V for Vendetta would inspire its readers to resist the erosion of their rights and insist on a fairer, one in which 'People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people" Paul Gravett, Comics Unmasked, Pg.106-107Paul Gravett, Comics Unmasked, p.6Others are to inspire and educateSome comics contain a double meaningThe entertainment is in the storyline, while underneath it all lies an extremist or alternative Point of View on a certain topic ReferencesComics Unmasked, Paul Gravett, 2014Understanding Comics the invisible art, Scott McCloud, 1993Comics & Sequential Art, Will Eisner, 1985http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/07/y_the_last_man - Maura McHugh, 2011 Flood, A 2014, 'Comics Laureate to be superhero of literacy', The Guardian, 21 October p. 12Flood, A 2014, 'Comics Laureate to be superhero of literacy', The Guardian, 21 October p. 12